Kondisyon bilong strongm olsem man i no ken free.

The Bondage of the Will

Section 2: Erasmus Revealed as a Skeptic

By Martin Luther

Dispela artikel i base long translation we i mekim long 1823 by Edward Thomas Vaughan. Tok i go modern nau, helpim CoPilot AI, na ol edit long Thirdmill’s editorial staff.

Mi laik tok about statement bilong yu—no just about free will, but about doktrin bilong religion olgeta—we yu tok, sapos authority bilong ol Scripture na desiplen bilong Church i no stand, yu go long Skeptics, long frustration bilong yu long ol tok.

Dispela tok—“authority bilong ol Scripture na desiplen bilong Church”—i slip. Yu sound reverent long Scripture na Church, yet yu imply yu laik bebas long embrace skepticism. Wanem kain Kristen i tok olsem? Sapos yu tok long doktrin we i no important, then shoo, planti man i wish i laik bebas long question. Dat i no nupela.

In fact, planti Kristen i already exercise dispela bebas we i rejik long dogmatism. Unless, olsem yu tok, yu think Kristen i holim doktrin we i no worth na argue foolish long ol. But sapos yu tok long bilip we i important, then tok yu wish yu no need long assert anything i tru worrisome. Wan Kristen we i tru i go tok, “Jin long Skeptics, mi strive long stand firm long God i word, asserting we i teach—and even long matter we i no essential, mi aim long confident. Wanem i more miserable long uncertainty?”

Then yu add, “Mi willingly submit long judgment bilong ol, sapos mi understand o no.” Tru, Erasmus? I no enuf long submit long Scripture? Yu must i go surrender long desiplen bilong Church? Yu tok Church i go komand we i no Scripture? Sapos olsem, we i go bebas long judge doktrin, olsem Paul i instruk long 1 Corinthians 14:29? Yu seem long oppose idea long judge desiplen bilong Church, but Paul i insist long.

Dispela niu hamblis bilong yu—save i go we go long stilesin long man—i no save gut long doktrin. We i no ken long we ol skripsa i askim dispela? Na wanem Kristen i go long “Mi save submit, even if mi no understand”? Yu i tok bilong bilip, nogat gras long ol. Skripsa i kutim ol man i no understand wanem ol i bilip. Ol i no ken bilip nogat understand?

Yu i tok i no need long bilip. I tambu long save long wanem. Ol i no save long wan part bilong God, nogat save long ol. Mi i mas save long God, long dispela, mi i ken save long narapela long krisman.

Long i go we, yu i tok i no matta long bilip—long as i save long peace. Reputasen, safe, o mani i risk, yu i tok i go long ol narapela i tok: “Ol i afirm, mi afirm; ol i deni, mi deni.” Yu i no save long doktrin Kristen long narapela opinian, nogat wail long defendim, long i save long konflik. Yu i presentim yu yet long peacemaker, i no save long narapela, i tok i go we long narapela i fight long ol nonsens. Dat i real tok bilong yu, Erasmus—na mi i sande yu i ken long wanem mi i no tok.

Stil, mi i go we long dispela tok, long as yu i no repeatim. I tambu long Spirit bilong God, i no save long ol polis langwis, i eksaminen long het. Mi i tok dispela long discourage yu long akim i go we long rigid o ol assertive. Yu i approach i no save long spirit bilong Lucian o narapela Epicurean i no bilip long God, i mokim ol i bilip. Mi i go we long assertive, passion long truth, nogat shame long en. Yu i ken save long ol Skeptics na Academics—long as Krist i kol yu long wanem i go we.

Holi Spirit i no Skeptic. I no write long ol opiniun vague long het bilong mi, i write long ol truth, i go long rot, i no save long ol.

Nau, long narapela sting. Yu tok ol doktrin Kristen i tambu, narapela ino; narapela i sakim, narapela i no sakim. Yu no tok olsem, o yu no traim long tok bilong narapela, o yu no wailim long ol man? Yu kwotim ol wur bilong Paul —Romans 11:33) — na Isaiah —Isaiah 40:13).

I tambu long tok olsem long yu write long ol man, no long Luther direkt. Tasol mi hop yu stil givim kredit Luther long nisim ol Skripta. Sapos no, mi mekim shua yu.

Mi laik givim narapela kain: God na wur bilong God i no wail. Olsem Kria na Krijen i no wail. Tru, ol man i no save long God. Em i tok olsem: Matthew 24:36), Acts 1:7), John 13:18), na 2 Timothy 2:19).

Tasol ol filosofa — na yu harim olsem — tok ol doktrin i sakim long Skripta. Ol i no prouvim. Ol i no givim wanpela eksampel long supotim ol tok bilong ol. Tasol ol aidea i no encourage ol man long read Skripta na ol i no relevnt — olsem Satan i no planim ol heresi bilong filosofa long Kijis.